Friday, October 12, 2012

Day 127: DIY Cleaning Wipes Fail

Ever since the invention of Clorox Wipes, cleaning the bathroom has been a far less disgusting chore.  I always hated having to use two different rags (toilet/floor and sink/counter) and it was so gross to touch a rag that had just been wiping down the toilet seat.  Yuck.  Disposable wipes make that so much easier!  Just fold it over until you don't have a clean area to touch anymore and then throw it away!  But they are expensive, so I thought I would give the DIY wipes a try.  They are all over Pinterest with different "recipes" but the concept is basically the same.  Click here to see the one I chose to try.  



I'm categorizing this as a Fail.  To be totally fair, I think my paper towels were too small.  It wasn't quite half a roll since the dollar store container I bought wasn't tall enough to contain one.  I had good quality paper towels (Bounty) but they were the choose your own size ones, so the wipes end up about the size of a piece of toilet paper if you're not careful.  Because I didn't have enough paper in the container, my cleaning solution ended up being too much.  I poured out what was left in the bottom of the container the next morning but the wipes are still really wet.  I didn't even bother too cut a hole in the top of the container to pull the wipes through.  I'm sure they'd never make it in one piece.  Oh, and another yucky side effect- any and all moisture was immediately sucked out of my hands, leaving them dry, white and burning.  I will probably keep these just to use them up, but I'll never make them again! 

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